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more about #gt500kr more comments → Mobius: When the Mustang hood costs more than a base Mustang, something is wrong with our economic system. more » MushyHeirloom: Obviously, someone should buy a 'KR and sell the special parts at exorbitant prices on eBay, then repanel it as a Mustang GT and go smoke some Civics ... more » underwear-ninja: You should never ask Vegeta about these prices more » MikeHerbst: Someone with an intact Shelby hood should be making a damn mint by loaning it out to have molds pulled for making knockoff replacements. Hello, I've ... more » MarkB: Makes me feel much better about my $800 CF hood on my Suzuki. more » Mad_Science: I'll sell you a replica and letters that spell BLESHY for $4000 more » SubieBlast: for 20K you can hire someone to make you acustom hood no one else has. more » Senor Dos y Do: I find it very hard to believe that a Carroll Shelby related entity would put the screws to its customers. Oh wait, no I don't. more » Theimbellis: Aren't that what insurance is for? more » Pessimippopotamus: I don't understand. It's a limited production car with a bespoke carbon fiber hood made for a $80,000 car. Of course replacement parts are going to be... more » LegendaryC: I'm not sure about you guys but I'd totally buy a Replacement Carbon Fiber Hood for a Shelby GT500KR for the current price of $9700 then buy 24 more o... more » acarr260: I know a guy who put a Viper back on the road as his personal touring car after it had been badly wrecked. The door skins were $5k each. Luckily, he... more » Flathead Smith: Maybe I ought to go into the Shelby Hood making business. I bet I could get some made in China real cheap. more » wojo: This makes the whole GT500KR almost look like a bargain at $89,000.00! more » .357: I seriously doubt that the Shelby's hood is the only CF hood. more » -
#shelby
Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
One customer found when he hit an animal with his GT500KR how pricey it's snout is: hood $18,400; hood pins $632; front spoiler $3392. Shelby's since offered an interesting explanation — and lowered those prices. Here's what happened. More » -
#customcars
Who Chromes A Shelby GT500KR?
If we could imagine the perfect stereotype of the kind of guys who would chrome their $80,000 Shelby GT500KR, this group is exactly who we'd come up with. More » -
#knightrider
Knight Rider Fan-Boys Get Taken For A Ride In KITT
While we still think driving the Knight Rider KITT-ed up GT500KR was cooler, the fan-boys at KnightRiderOnline are pretty geeked about getting a chance in the passenger seat of KITT's stunt car. [KnightRiderOnline] -
#newknightrider
First Episode Of New Knight Rider TV Show Online At Hulu...And Right Here
Want to see the first episode of the new Knight Rider TV show a week earlier than it'll air on broadcast television? If so, it's your lucky day — just moments ago it went live on Hulu for the watching. But why go there when we've got the full episode below the jump? We won't spoil anything that hasn't already been spoiled already, but if you're a fan of turbo boost, you'll be happy in the first few minutes. More » -
#kittfirstdrive
KITT: First Drive
As a child of the 80s and former member of the Knight Rider faithful (I happily toted the Rider lunchbox until third grade) it was nearly impossible to stifle my internal yelp of anticipation when first presented with the keys to the new KITT for an exclusive first drive. It's irrational, because I knew the car sitting in front of me wasn't the F-body KITT of my childhood dreams, but when those sweeping lights fired up in front for the first time, it was enough to make me giddy as a school boy. Especially because although it can't talk (at least not without help from the installed Mio GPS unit), this car's the real deal — a fire-breathing, bad guy-chasing weapon of fictional justice. That's because beneath the toys and cosmetic upgrades, this isn't the auto-tranny GT used for the made-for-TV movie, it's a 540 HP Shelby GT500KR. More » -
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#questionoftheday
What Would You Do With A GT500KR?
You already knew one of us was out here in sunny Southern California after our little photographic fun with all three new American muscle cars in one photo for the very first time. But that wasn't the only reason we were out here on America's Left Coast. The other reason? The 2008 Shelby GT500KR. We've been given the keys to the only super 'Stang in Ford's media fleet to drive longer than any other car outlet's gone in the car to date. We'll be taking this 580 HP über-muscle car on a 1,779 mile trip from LA to Dallas. Along the way we'll stop in Las Vegas and Phoenix, liveblogging the entire way. Follow along with us at our Shelby GT500KR Road Trip tag. Although this now begs today's question of the day, what would you do and where would you go with the GT500KR and a full tank of gas? -
#jalopnikgoesdrag
Ford Racing Invitational: Who Smoked Whom?
We took a run down to Milan Dragway for the Ford Racing Invitational — a Ford-sponsored event this past weekend pitting the automotive media against each other in a little bit of drag racing action. We had the chance to take some runs against the likes of Road & Track,5.0 Mustangs & Super Fords and Autoblog just to name a few. Although we had little in the way of expectations about our chances given our first-time status when it comes to straight-line racing, our chances seemed diminished even more after we got to the track and drew our set of keys from the pot of available Ford product to drag. The keys fit the ignition of a bright orange Ford Mustang GT Convertible with a tough Hurst shifter and a Whipple supercharger. Wonderful. But after a rainy Friday that saw little action, Saturday was clear and sunny: Perfect weather for racing. Also, for ass-kicking. More »
